This week we assembled the Baseball Prospectus fantasy crew to gather their ballots for the BP Preseason Fantasy Baseball Awards. Each writer was asked to give his opinion on which players were in for good seasons, bad seasons, and surprising seasons. We'd happy to hear your take in the comments.
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Fantasy MVP (Hitter) |
Albert Pujols |
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Fantasy MVP (Pitcher) |
Roy Halladay |
Roy Halladay |
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Sleeper (Hitter) |
Edwin Encarnacion |
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Sleeper (Pitcher) |
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Impact Prospect, |
Jesus Montero |
Yoenis Cespedes |
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Comeback Player of the Year |
Adam Dunn |
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Sophomore Slump |
Josh Collmenter |
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Sophomore Breakout |
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Most Likely to Disappoint |
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Most Overrated |
Brett Lawrie |
Desmond Jennings |
Ryan Braun (#1 ADP?) |
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Best $1 Pitcher |
Danny Duffy |
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Ryan Franklin Award |
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Most likely to be traded to AL, |
David Wright |
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The real kicker in our league is that one of our owners last season had these three minor leaguers: CHC Chris Carpenter, FLA Ozzie Martinez, and FLA Jhan Marinez. Two were traded for manager Ozzie Guillen and one was traded for GM Theo Epstein. That owner now has the best front office in our league. ;-)
as for your suggestion, i'm not sure the yahoo setup, in my experience, allows for you to keep accumulating stats in the customized manner you suggest.
plus, it's fun, figuring out who might be traded, jockeying for the #1 waiver pick, just like the real deal. I picked up CC upon his trade to the brewers and his second half helped my team a ton. It also teaches you to put a little less value in a player who's, say an aging star at the end of a contract on a team that isn't going anywhere. I don't think I've lost anyone meaningful to a trade, but I've picked up some nice parts over the years
Anyway, losing players who were traded to a team we weren't using drove us nuts, so we very early on went to a system wherein you keep anyone who is traded out of the pool, and for the entire season we ignore players who weren't on an MLB team we used on Draft Day. Seems like it would ruin a season for an owner to pay $30 for King Felix, only to lose him in July when he is traded to the Reds, but to each his own.
Good luck this year!